A New Scintillator for Nuclear Medicine Imaging

描述(由申请人提供)： 核医学成像方式，如单光子发射计算机断层扫描(SPECT)和正电子发射断层扫描(PET)，是强大的、非侵入性的医学成像技术，可以提供放射性核素在任何切片上通过体内被研究器官的三维分布的图像。这些图像可以研究被研究区域的新陈代谢，是了解器官功能以及诊断癌症、心肌缺血、阿尔茨海默病、头部创伤和中风等疾病症状的有用工具。目前，SPECT和PET系统的性能往往受到这些系统中使用的闪烁探测器的限制。这项拟议工作的目标是研究一种新的有前途的闪烁体，用于核医学应用，如PET和SPECT成像。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Nuclear medicine imaging modalities such as single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) are powerful, non-invasive medical imaging techniques that provide an image of the three dimensional distribution of a radionuclide in any slice through an organ under study in the body. These images allow investigation of metabolism in the region being studied and are a useful tool for understanding the functioning of the organs, as well as diagnosis symptoms of diseases such as cancer, myocardial ischemia, Alzheimer's disease, head trauma, and stroke. At present, the performance of SPECT and PET systems is often limited by the scintillation detectors used in these systems. The goal of the proposed effort is to investigate a new promising scintillator for nuclear medicine applications such as PET and SPECT imaging.